Q 01/05

Mount Rainier is the highest peak of which mountain range?

A) Rockies

B) Sierra Nevada

C) Cascades

D) Olympics

Answer · why

C) Cascades

The range runs from British Columbia to northern California and includes Mount St. Helens, Rainier's most explosive neighbour.

Q 02/05

By what other name, from Indigenous languages, is Mount Rainier widely known?

A) Denali

B) Tahoma

C) Shasta

D) Klickitat

Answer · why

B) Tahoma

A 2025 linguistic study counted 20 Indigenous names for the mountain, and the anglicized forms also gave a nearby Puget Sound city its name.

Q 03/05

Mount Rainier National Park lies in which U.S. state?

A) Oregon

B) Montana

C) Washington

D) Idaho

Answer · why

C) Washington

The park sits about 59 miles south-southeast of Seattle, close enough that locals just call the peak 'the Mountain'.

Q 04/05

In what year was Mount Rainier National Park established?

A) 1872

B) 1899

C) 1916

D) 1938

Answer · why

B) 1899

It took over five years and six different bills to get through Congress, which only agreed once assured the land was useless for farming or mining.

Q 05/05

Which president signed the bill that created Mount Rainier National Park?

A) William McKinley

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Grover Cleveland

D) Benjamin Harrison

Answer · why

A) William McKinley

Roosevelt, the president most associated with conservation, did not take office until 1901.